A unique collection of 350 handcrafted model planes has been unveiled for the first time, revealing the bizarre pre-First World War designs that led the way during the first years of flight.
The stunning aircraft were built over a 50-year period by an anonymous and ‘reclusive’ elderly man who has now decided to put them on sale through Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter.
The collection features aircraft from 15 countries built on a scale of just 1:72, with the resulting models thought to include the vast almost all of the planes that became airborne before 1914.Source